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After a month of using Firefox, Google Chrome is now stable with self-hosted Wordpress with new bookmark sync feature

I worked for several days configuring the software to stream my RadioShack Pro-50 scanner online. The Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater dispatch is currently online at http://wacomputing.com. I configured a .ogg stream that is audible as an in-page player or as a .m3u stream in your media player. The final configuration utilizes my existing Ubuntu Server [...]

As a sign that Chrome has really excited the Linux browser market, the next version of Ubuntu Linux, v.10.04, will include a theme to integrate it into the Gnome Desktop. Its design will use the native Metacity decorations instead of the blue Chrome bar.  It is designed to be used with the native (Metacity) window [...]

Gloobus is a file preview extension for the Gnome Desktop Environment. Sorry KDE fans, this is not for you. As you may have noticed, not all filetypes in Gnome have a thumbnail preview. This is where Gloobus comes in handy. It currently supports preview mode for around 40 different file types.
Images: jpeg / png / [...]

I was trying to download a copy of Open Office 3.2 for installation and upgrade to one of my less frequently used Ubuntu 9.10 boxes tonight. The strange this about the attempt is the 400 error that I received from one of the Open Office mirrors.Apparently, OpenOffice 3.2 is more popular than I thought…

Byobu is a group of python  and shell scripts that enhance the Terminal screen program into a more functional programmatic interface. Byobu provides a system status at the bottom of your Terminal window with Distribution version, uptime, load average, memory used, date, and time.

To invoke byobu, simply type in the name byobu without the “&” [...]

After around a dozen tab crashes on two separate Ubuntu 9.04 boxes, Chrome cannot be used for my Wordpress blogs/sites. I am using Chrome v.5.0.307.7 Beta.

Anytime a WP New Post is created, it crashes within one minute. I am uncertain if the recent slew of Ubuntu updates caused this or if it is Chrome related.
Has [...]

This post will provide you with the steps to uninstall OpenOffice from your current Ubuntu architecture and install the latest version of OpenOffice 3.2. The first step is to download the Open Office tar.gz from the web site http://download.openoffice.org/ or http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/. The first download location does not provide the .deb framework and may not work [...]

Let’s face it. Installing software in Ubuntu is drop-dead simple if it is in the repositories. Unfortunately, Guayadeque music player is not in the repositories – an no, I cannot pronounce the name of the software either… I am going to call it Gua for short. The user interface is tabbed for efficiency and acts [...]

If you operate a server that has to be operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and cannot reboot because of kernel updates, I have just the tool for you. Ksplice is a subscription service that lets you apply kernel updates without rebooting. It works on Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS, Debian, and others. [...]